A French court examined on Thursday whether to release Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a Lebanese activist jailed in France since 1984 for his role in the assassinations of an American and an Israeli diplomat two years earlier. Now 74, he has been eligible for parole since 1999 – but despite more than a dozen requests and a conditional release order in 2023, Abdallah remains behind bars. Why?
The Paris Court of Appeal said Thursday it would issue its ruling on 17 July in what is Abdallah's umpteenth request for release.
